The path is not about perfecting ourselves, but about perfecting our love.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

Mindfulness is the key to the present moment. Without it we cannot see the world clearly, and we cannot make the wisest choices in our lives.

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

The real secret of the arts: always be a beginner.

The difference between misery and happiness depends on what we do with our attention.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Our own life has to be our message.

The path is the goal. Every step of the journey is the journey.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

True happiness is born of letting go of what is unnecessary.

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

Happiness is a skill that can be developed like playing an instrument or learning to read.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

You are the master of your own mind. You can be your best friend or your worst enemy.

The Noble Eightfold Path is a path of training: training in ethical conduct, training in mental discipline, and training in wisdom.

Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us.

The signs of practice are not in extraordinary experiences but in extraordinary awareness of ordinary experiences.

Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself.

When you are you, Zen is Zen. Big mind is just big mind.

The Buddha taught that wealth does not bring happiness and security. The pursuit of wealth is a matter of living in balance.

Zen in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to freedom.

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

The nature of mind is clearer than the sky, yet we keep looking elsewhere.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.

We should find perfect existence through imperfect existence.